Colonel’s plea to support troubled veterans

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Colonel Tim Collins, famous for his eve-of-battle speech before the 2003
invasion of Iraq, says post-traumatic stress disorder is the biggest threat
to veterans and is urging the public to do more to support them.

Having filmed a BBC Panorama documentary I, to be shown on February 9, he said
he wanted to raise awareness about the issue. “The Ministry of Defence is
defending the realm so it is down to big society,” he said.

It is thought that 28,000 of the 220,000 military servicemen and women who
served in Iraq or Afghanistan now suffer from alcohol or mental health